Man who got head stuck in vent charged with trespassing
The man who got his head stuck in a vent on the roof of a Des Plaines restaurant and nearly died has been charged with one count of criminal trespassing and one count of criminal damage, Des Plaines police said on Thursday.
Earlier this month, Jimm Rodriguez, 23, of the 2000 block of West Algonquin Road, was found in an exhaust vent about 24 hours after he climbed into it at the Little Amsterdam restaurant, which closed in June.
The building's landlord found Rodriguez in the vent when he was checking the property.
Emergency personnel cut open the vent leading from the rooftop to get him out. Rodriguez was then taken to Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge. Police said Rodriquez is still in the hospital.
The landlord checked the interior of the building after noticing that an exhaust vent on the top of the roof was lying on its side. Police said the landlord was startled to see a man's head and arms sticking from the vent over the restaurant's kitchen stove. At that time, Rodriquez asked the landlord to contact police.
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